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(NOMOdeL) C. H. WINTER.

fsHoB. No. 312,056. latented Peb. l0, 1885.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

CAROLINE HARDING WINTER, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 312,056, dated February10, 1885.

Application tiled June 5, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CAROLINE HARDING WINTER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State ofMinnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Shoes orBoots, of which the following specification is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to shoes or boots; and it consists in thin stripsof cork or other suitable flexible material placed over the seams on theinside of the boot or shoe to protect the foot from abrasion. When usedin boots or shoes without linings,the cork strips will be attached bycement or paste, and in shoes having cloth or other linings the corkstrips will be placed between t-he shoe and the lining. By this simpledevice the foot is protected from the ridge or uneven portion formed bythe seam, and all abrasion therefrom avoided. It also serves animportantservice in preventing the formation of bunions and similardiseases, and also in protecting bunions and abrasione already formed,so that they can be cured.

The cork protectors may be placed in the boot or shoe when manufactured,or after- Ward, as preferred.

For the purpose of illustration l have shown in the drawings in Figure la side view, and in Fig. 2 a plan View, of a shoe with my improvedprotectors shown beneath the instepseam in dotted lines. Fig. 3represents one of the strips detached. Fig. 4 represents across-section, enlarged, of a seam with one of the protectors arrangedbeneath it.

The cork strips may be attached beneath any seam of any boot or shoe;but generally they will only be required beneath the seams which crossthe instep, and only on the inner of the shoe the cork strips will beplaced beneath the seam oil both sides of the foot.

In the drawings, A represents the upper; B, the toe part attached to theupper by a seam, a, across the instep.

The cork strips are shown by dotted lines b beneath the seam a.

In Fig. 3 a strip of the cork is represented removed from the shoe, thisbeing about the form it will be required to be cutwhen used beneath aninstepseam.

In Fig. 4. the cork strip is shown, in enlarged cross-section, arrangedbetween the lining and upper, A being the upper, and B the toe seotionunited by aseam, a,- b, the cork strip, and d the cloth lining.

The cork will be formed of a uniform thick ness throughout its centralpart and cut away to nothing at the edges, so as to leave no abruptcorners or edges.

Any other material than cork may be used; but I prefer the latter aspossessing the requi- -site lightness and iiexibility, and not beingliable to increase the temperature of the foot.

The cork will not be thick enough to impair the symmetry of the boot orshoe.

What I claim as new is- In a shoe or boot, a thin strip of cork securedbeneath the seams to protect the foot of the wearer from abrasiontherefrom, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

CAROLINE HARDING WINTER.

Witnesses:

C. N. WooDWARD, L. K. MERRILL.

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